Aaron Judge's walk frenzy helps Yankees clinch AL East title vs Blue Jays

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The New York Yankees have won their 20th AL East title after defeating the Toronto Blue Jays on the road Tuesday night, 5-2.

Aaron Judge may have gone his seventh game without hitting his historic 61st homer, but he and his teammates were all smiles as they secured the second seed in the American League, thus earning themselves a bye in the postseason. 

Instead of playing in the Wild Card Round, the Yankees, along with the Houston Astros, move to directly to the ALDS to await their opponent. 

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Aaron Judge, #99 of the New York Yankees, celebrates as he scores off a Gleyber Torres, #25, single in the sixth inning of their MLB game against the Toronto Blue Jays at Rogers Centre on Sept. 27, 2022 in Toronto. (Cole Burston/Getty Images)

The Yankees have held first place for 138 days entering Tuesday, though things were not looking good until recently. Their double-digit division lead, which got up to 15.5 games on July 8 as their largest lead of the season, diminished to 3.5 games on Sept. 9 after a loss to the Tampa Bay Rays. 

However, New York persevered and won 12 of their next 15 games since then, including Tuesday’s clincher, to run their division lead back up. They have won eight of their last nine contests. 

AARON JUDGE IN A CLUB OF ONE AFTER COLD STREAK FOLLOWING 60TH HOME RUN

Even though the Yankees are currently .500 in the second half (31-31), their 64-28 first-half record allowed them to have that bad stretch and still make the postseason. 

It was timely hitting that got the job done in this game, with the hitters after Judge, Anthony Rizzo and Gleyber Torres, collecting some RBI hits